unlace
verb (used with object)
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
unlaces
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present tense formof unlace (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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As he thinks back, Toure unlaces a pair of bright red cleats.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
He unlaces his boots and folds his trousers in the dark and sets the tin of biscuits on top.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
He unlaces each of my boots and sets them beside the chair, Ming over the holes in my socks.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
After unheard-of prowess the hero unhorses the stranger and unlaces his vizor.
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
The squire relieves Erec of his helmet, unlaces the mouth-piece from before his face; then he spreads out the cloth before them on the thick tuff.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
